Coin counting and wrapping device



A. ABBOTT.

COIN COUNTING ND WRAFPING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-15| |919.

Patented Feb. 21, 19.22.

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A. ABBOTT. COIN COUNTI-NG AND WRAPPING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. I5. 1919. 1,406,959 Patented Feb. 21, 1922.

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Yu STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS ABBOTT, OF DENVER, COLORADG, ASSIGNOR 10 THE UNIVERSAL DEVICE COMPANY, A. CORPORATON OF COLORADO.

COIN GUNTNG- ANI) W'RAE'PING DEVICE.

To all/whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, AUGUSTUS ABBOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new rand useful Improvements in Coin `Counting rand lVrapping Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for countino` and wrapping coins, and its pri-- mary object is to provide adevice of this character by means of whichjcoins may be quickly and accurately assembled in groups of predetermined number, and inserted into the coin wrappers commonly used to facili-V tate handling of coins in banks and counting houses. l j

Another-object of the invention is to provide certain improvements inthe construction and arrangement of parts of the-device shown and described'in my application for patent, SerialfNo. 324,538, filed September 18,1919. j f f With the'above and other objects in view, all of which will fully appear in the course of the following description, my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompany ing drawings in the various views of which like parts are similarly designated, and in which- `Figure 1- is a plan view of a device constructed according to the present' invention;

Figure 2, a longitudinal vertical section through the device;

Fi ure 3, a similar View showing the de- -vice 1n condition for stacking coins in' sepa rate groups; a

Figure 4, a transversefsection on the line 1r-4:, Figure 3, and

Figure 5, a sectional view of the movable section of the `coin stacker showing a wrapper in position for receiving the coins.

Referring to the drawings, the reference character 2 designates an inclined plate supported at its upper end upon an upright housing 3. The housing comprises a base member 4, a back-member 5 and side members 6 formed integral with each other. The side members adj 0in the inclined plate adjacent its upper edge and the back member is spaced from the plate to provide a passage 7 for the coins to a stacker contained in the housing.

This stacker -consists of a stationary sec- Specication of Letters atent.

Applicationrled October 15, i919. Serial No. 330,715.

tion 8 fixed against the back-member of the housing, and a removable section 9 whichnormally rests upon the base member of the saine, the two sections being channeled to conjointly form a series of upright wells 10 of circular section to receive the coins in stacked formation.

The inclined plate has upturned flanges l2 along its side and upper edges, and it has adjoining the housing a rectangular opening 13 which normally is occupied by a coinholder 14.

The holder consists of a pan having raised ridges 16 along its side and bottom edges and divided longitudinally into a series of separate compartments 15 by partitions 17 for receiving predetermined quantities of coins in separated groups.

The ridges and the partitions of the coin holder lie in a plane with the upper surface of the inclined plate so that coins moved upwardly along the latter can pass without obstruction into the compartments of the pan.

yThe coin holder is mounted for pivotal movement about an axis adjacent and parallel to its upper edge, upon a shaft 18 supported in bearings beneath the inclined plate andprovided with a handle 19 to facilitate its rotation.

A lug 2O projecting beyond the lower 'edge of the opening in the plate, provides a rest for the coin-holder in its normal position and a downwardly turned shoulder 21 at the upper edge of the opening provides a stop for the coins moved into the compartments of the pan.

The stationary member 8 of the coinstacker terminates below the entrance formed by the space 7 between the back plate of the housing and the lower surface of the inclined plate, and the removable member 9 extends beyond the other, contiguous to the plate.l

The last-mentioned member has an upwardly projecting lip 22 which determines its proper position by engagement with the upper edge of the inclined plate and which furthermore provides a finger-hold to facilitate its removal.

The handle of the shaft 18 of the coin holder extends below and beyond the upper edge of the inclined plate at the right-hand side of the device so that the hand of the operator which holds the removable memllO ber of the stacker in pla-ce can turn the shaft Without releasing its hold on the stacker.

An opening 23 in the plate provides means for the installation of a counting device in ivardly over the lower portion oi' the in-V clined plate into the compartments of the holder, the uppermost coins engaging the shoulder 2l lat the upper edge of the open ing occupied by the pan lat.

The depth of the compartments doesnot exceed the thickness of the coins so that after each compartment is iilled it Willcontain a single group of coins of predetermined number, Whilethe excess coins slidedown- Wardly to the foot of the inclined plate at which the pile oi coins to be counted is deposited.

lVhen the holder is filled, the operator who holds the removable member of the stacker in place with one hand While with the other4 he manipulates the coins, turns the holder about its pivot by pressurevon the handle and dumps the coins from the compartments of the holder into the cylindrical Wells of the stacker with which they register. f

This operation is repeated until the Wells of the stacker contain the desired number of coins, when the removable member is withdrawn :Eromthe machine and Wrappers such as are shownat 26 in Figure 5, are applied over the open ends of the concave channels of the section, which form the Wells of the stacker in conjunction with corresponding parts of the stationary member.

The stacked-up coins in thetroughs are transferred to the Wrappers by hand, and the Wrappers are closed at their ends in the usualmanner.

By the use of my invention, coinspiled at the foot-of the slide-Wayr are quickly and accurately arranged in stacks of predetermined numbers and put in packages, and it will be seen that the device as shown and described does not require an exact fit of the coins in the compartment, of the holder and the stacker, so that coins of different dimensions, such as pennies, dimes and nickels may be counted, stacked and Wrapped 1n one andthe same machine;

What I clam-anduesire insecure by La-' ters-Patent is:

1. AV device of the character described comprising an inclined surface having an opening,- a pivoted coin-holder occupying said openingv andV ada ted to receive a predetermined number o coins, a stacker having a passage adjoiningtheupper edge of the opening to receive coins discharged from the Vholder in a tilted position, and a handle for tilting the holder, projecting above the upper edge of the surface.

2. In a device oi: the character described, an inclined surface havin an opening, a pivoted coin holder occupying said openinofand adapted to receive a predetermined number of`V coins, and a stacker having a passage adjoining the upper edge of the openin to "receive 'coins discharged'from the y holder 1n a tilted-position.

3. Ina device of the character described, a coin-stacker composed of concave sections conjointly forming lan upri ht" tubular' con tainer, one of said sections eing removable from-the other andhavingra bottom piece for' the support of coins.

4. In a' device ofthe character described, a coin-stacker composed oi-` channeled sections conjointly forming a plurality ofy upright tubular compartments, one of said sections being 'removable Vfrom the other and having a bottom piece for" the support of coins entered in the compartments.

5. In-a device of the character described, anv inclined slideway having any opening relatively proportioned to leave fa; surroundL ingV marginal surface', anda pivotedcoin-` i holderoccupyin said opening, andiadapted to retain a pre eter'mined-number of coins moved over saidsurfaoe.

6. In a-devicelofthe character described, an inclined surface havingjanopeningand a movable co-,inholder occupyingsaid opening and having, divisional ridges ina plane with the surface, to provide a plurality of coin compartments adapted to retainl predetermined numbers of coins moved-over the same.

In testimony whereof I' have aiixed' my signature.v i"

AUGUSTUS ABBOTT. 

